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The next Starship launch may occur in less than two weeks
Less than a month has passed since the historic fifth flight of SpaceX’s Starship, during which the company caught the booster with mechanical arms back at the launch pad in Texas. Now, another test flight could come as soon as Nov. 18, the company announced Wednesday. The improbable but successful recovery of the Starship first…
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The next Starship launch may occur in less than two weeks
Less than a month has passed since the historic fifth flight of SpaceX’s Starship, during which the company caught the booster with mechanical arms back at the launch pad in Texas. Now, another test flight could come as soon as Nov. 18, the company announced Wednesday. The improbable but successful recovery of the Starship first…
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Shenzhou-18 mission returns samples for extraterrestrial habitation research
The Shenzhou-18 spacecraft has returned to Earth with 34.6 kilograms of space station experimental samples, encompassing microorganisms, alloy materials and nanomaterials that are difficult to prepare on Earth, the Science and Technology Daily reported on Monday. The retrieved samples are poised to advance the development of space fiber lasers, facilitate the creation of extraterrestrial materials…
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Shenzhou-18 crew return to Earth after successful six-month mission in space
The three astronauts of China’s Shenzhou-18 crewed spaceflight mission returned to Earth safely on Monday after completing their mission aboard the country’s Tiangong space station. The return capsule, carrying astronauts Ye Guangfu, Li Cong and Li Guangsu, touched down at the Dongfeng Landing Site in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region at 01:24 (Beijing Time),…
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Chang’e-6’s lunar samples open for domestic applications
China’s space agency has started the borrowing application for the first batch of lunar scientific specimens returned by the country’s Chang’e-6 mission. The lunar samples are now accessible to domestic applicants through an official data and sample release system, where they can submit their research proposals, according to the Lunar Exploration and Space Engineering Center…
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Commerce Dept. Seeks Input on Changes to Space Export Controls
The U.S. government recently released four rulemakings on space export control designed to strengthen private sector space activity and improve international collaboration. The Department of Commerce and Department of State released four space export control rulemakings on Oct. 17. The Departments are seeking comments on three of the four rules and comments are due on…
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Frontgrade Introduces Industry’s Highest Density 18 GB DDR4 Memory for Spacecraft Applications
Frontgrade Technologies, a leading provider of mission-critical electronics for aerospace and defense, has developed the industry’s highest-density 18 GB DDR4 memory for satellites and spacecraft. Prototypes are now shipping to customers. Frontgrade’s DDR4 memory is the first to be engineered to enable individual reset signals to each die, thus mitigating the impact of single event…
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NASA’s 31st SpaceX Resupply Mission Delivers Science and Cargo to International Space Station
Following a successful launch of NASA’s SpaceX 31st commercial resupply mission (SpX-31), new scientific experiments and cargo for the agency are bound for the International Space Station. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, carrying more than 6,000 pounds of supplies to the orbiting laboratory, lifted off at 9:29 p.m. EST Monday, on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket…
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NRO chief: “You can’t hide” from our new swarm of SpaceX-built spy satellites
The director of the National Reconnaissance Office has a message for US adversaries around the world. “You can’t hide, because we’re constantly looking,” said Chris Scolese, a longtime NASA engineer who took the helm of the US government’s spy satellite agency in 2019. The NRO is taking advantage of SpaceX’s Starlink satellite assembly line to…
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NRO chief: “You can’t hide” from our new swarm of SpaceX-built spy satellites
The director of the National Reconnaissance Office has a message for US adversaries around the world. “You can’t hide, because we’re constantly looking,” said Chris Scolese, a longtime NASA engineer who took the helm of the US government’s spy satellite agency in 2019. The NRO is taking advantage of SpaceX’s Starlink satellite assembly line to…